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the country is in need of covid vaccines to battle the pandemic in the long run, and it's desperate for the basic tools to save lives right now. as u.s. troops begin to leave afghanistan, we get a reminder of the taliban's strength and determination. and as a suspected smuggling boat overturns off the coast of california, killing at least four. thanks for being with us. well, india is hurtling toward 20 million covid cases as it recorded more than 300,000 cases a day for the 12th consecutive day. the country also reported more than 3,400 deaths monday. as indians battle to get much

needed medical oxygen. people crare scrambling to get vaccinated. several regions have imposed lockdowns and restrictions including the capital, new delhi, where a lockdown has been extended until may 10th. and cnn's anna coren is following this story for us from hong kong. she joins us now live. good to see you, anna. so oxygen is, of course, one of the greatest needs right now along with medication and then of course vaccines. what's the latest on supplies arriving from around the world and of course the situation on the ground? >> reporter: sure. more than 36 countries, rosemary, have pledged aid for india, and that is trickling in from the u.s., from the uk, from france. you're talking about oxygen generators, concentrators, cylinders, all the necessary equipment. but this is a drop in the ocean.

they need so much. they need it now. they needed it yesterday. people are still dying. and on the weekend, rosemary, another eight people died because the hospital they were in, in new delhi, the capital, ran out of oxygen. the high court, the supreme court has intervened, saying that the central and state governments have to have a buffer stock of oxygen supply. they've also told the government that they need to rectify the shortages in new delhi, the capital, immediately because this is becoming a joke. this is becoming a farce. this is the capital of india, and they are running out of oxygen. you mentioned vaccine supply, and there has been acute shortage of that across the country. there have been states and cities that have had to delay the rollout program. good news. some good news. in delhi today, they started

rolling out that vaccine program for people over the age of 18. they say they will continue as long as the vaccine supply comes in. so perhaps a little bit of good news there, rosemary. >> yeah. and we'll take it wherever we can, of course. anna coren bringing us the latest on what's happening from india from her vantage point in hong kong. the u.s. is among many other countries sending much needed medical supplies to india. anita dunn, a senior adviser to u.s. president joe biden, explained the aid efforts under way. >> we also had our first aid flights to india land there on friday. they will continue. we are getting them essential products that they need urgently -- oxygen, ppe. it's a global health crisis. and unfortunately what is going on in india is something that, you know, we have to worry about for the rest of the world as well. >> meanwhile, here in the u.s., getting more people vaccinated has been a major concern for health experts.

according to the cdc, more than 245 million vaccine doses have been administered, but the number of new shots administered has been declining in recent weeks. joining me now is dr. amy compton phillips. she is the chief clinical officer for providence health system. thank you so much, doctor, for talking with us and for all that you do. >> always a pleasure, rosemary. >> so more than 245 million doses of the covid vaccine have been administered across the u.s., and the nation is nearing the point where supply will outstrip demand, but still leaving about 25% of americans refusing to get the shot. is the cdc giving these more hesitant individuals enough incentive to get out and receive the vaccine? should the cdc be relaxing more restrictions to show how life can return to normal if most of us are fully vaccinated?

>> you know, i think starting to release restrictions is really helpful as well as thinking about the different mechanisms to get the vaccine out to people that are a little hesitant or don't find it as convenient to get down to a mass vaccination site. so making it really easy, getting it into doctors' offices, getting it very highly available at pharmacies and drugstores and the places that people go all the time. i had one of my nieces got hers at a brew pub. it's like really being able to get vaccines into locations where people are is going to help reduce that capacity, the barriers that people are having to getting vaccines today. >> and of course with all these excess covid vaccines, is it time for the u.s. to start sending more doses overseas to try to prevent this pandemic getting out of control because india and south america are driving global surges of covid cases right now. india hitting a record 400,000

new cases on saturday. >> well, there's certainly capacity, particularly for things like the astrazeneca vaccine, which we have not approved yet here in the u.s., but we have some stockpiled. so starting thinking about how we can share that out with the rest of the world that does have it approved would be really helpful. that said, it's not only vaccines that places like india need. it really is oxygen concentrators. it's ppe. it's the things that we needed back a year ago when we were worried about getting spiking cases and we were talking about flattening the curve. india is back there at this point that they have to be able to flatten their curve, and vaccines are not going to be the only way india gets out of the mess it's in at the moment. >> and, doctor, how concerned are you that the indian covid variant will enter the united states and perhaps infect those americans who haven't yet received their vaccine and ultimately increase the chances of the variant becoming too strong for the current covid

vaccines? >> it is absolutely a risk. when the virus is circulating anywhere in the globe out of control, it means there's lots and lots and lots of copies of the virus being made. and the more copies of the virus that are made, the more chances there are for a vaccine variant, a virus variant that could outstrip our vaccine. and so we as an entire planet really need to work together to get the viral replication under control so we can get behind -- you know, get this entire pandemic behind us. >> dr. amy compton-phillips, thank you so much as always for talking with us. >> thank you, rosemary. an army base in afghanistan is again under the military's control after briefly falling into the hands of the taliban. insurgents took the base south of kabul, which belongs to the afghan national army. it comes as the u.s. ramps up efforts to remove its troops by

september 11th. and cnn's nick paton walsh joins me now from london with more on this. good to see you, nick. so how was it able to happen, and what does it signal might occur when u.s. troops complete their withdrawal by september 11th? >> reporter: yeah. i mean, rosemary, none of this should be an enormous surprise to be honest. we've seen periodically over the past years the taliban rise in ascendancy on the battlefield, take military positions, often get kicked out as a result of u.s. air strikes. it's not entirely clear which caused this base to briefly be out of the hands of the afghan army. we're going to see episodes like this happening much more frequently sadly, i think, in the months ahead as an inevitable consequence of the u.s. deciding to withdraw. at the same time, the same weekend, u.s. troops finally moved their last vestiges from a camp down in the south of the country.

the british used to call it camp bastion, handed that over to the afghan army permanently. the broad question now, as expressed by the u.s. chief of staff mark milley at the weekend returning from hawaii, exactly whether or not this goes to the worst possible version of events or a better one where the afghan army manage to hold control of some parts of the country, namely the city centers. it's fairly clear that a lot of rural afghan is now under taliban sway. the question is so much of the population lives inside city centers that are still held by the government. does that change in the months ahead? well, the taliban are often referred to as a homogeneous kind of insurgency with a unified leadership. there are younger heads of parts of the insurgency who have different ideas. the broader question for the months ahead is, is there a chance for some kind of negotiated settlement? that's the broad plank on which

the u.s. frankly stood as it said it was absolutely leaving by september the 11th. and it's something frankly that the taliban have pulled out from under them. they don't seem interested at this stage in a negotiated settlement. they were already supposed to be meeting with afghan officials and u.s. officials in istanbul to talk about a renewed settlement. that hasn't happened. the taliban have said they are not interested in doing that. so we are sadly going to see, i think, in the months ahead an intensification of violence in afghanistan as they make good on their promise to do whatever they feel is necessary given that the u.s. has not withdrawn fully by march 1st. that was -- sorry, may 1st. that was two days ago. that was the date stipulated by the agreement signed by the former trump administration when it made a deal with the taliban, saying they'd pull all their troops out by. so a lot is going to continue to move here. the broader question is how much of the country can the afghan security forces hang on to? do they lose some city centers?

kabul seems totally invulnerable for now, but there is of course this issue of whether a negotiated settlement becomes something the taliban feels they'd like to enter into once they're in a position of greater military strength on the battlefield and also to what the u.s. does as it withdraws. president biden's speech held out the possibility they might counter attack if they were set upon during this withdrawal period and if the u.s. finds itself threatened during that time, we may see some u.s. action. but this slow march sadly of the taliban through various parts of the country is something we're like to see more of in the months ahead. >> nick paton walsh bringing us the latest live from london. we appreciate that. the biden administration is looking to show the world america is here to stay as a major player on the world stage. secretary of state antony blinken is in london right now. he's there for talks as part of the first face to face meetings of g7 foreign ministers in more

than two years. both u.s. and british officials have raised concerns over china and russia. in an interview with cbs' "60 minutes," blinken says the u.s. will defend its interests abroad against any threat. >> our purpose is not to contain china, to hold it back, to keep it down. it is to uphold this rules-based order that china is posing a challenge to. anyone who poses a dchallenge t that order, we're going to stand up and defend it. >> what's china's goal? >> i think that over time, china believes that it can be and should be and will be the dominant country in the world. >> cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me now live from london. good to see you, nic. so china and russia clearly the top of the agenda here. what is expected out of those talks? >> reporter: i think we can really put russia -- rather,

china, right at the top of the agenda. i mean look at the lineup at the g7. the g7, as we know is the gathering of this sort of economically most powerful democratic nations. but the invitees list gives us a real clue to the focus of what they hope to achieve here. invited along is australia, china, south korea, south africa also there as well. and the chair of the asean nations at the moment as well. that's the association of southeast asian nations. this is important when you look at those countries that are coming because so many of them are in that sort of indo-pacific region around china. that's important for the united states, important for that narrative of the united states working with its allies, with democratic partners who support the global world order, the rules-based world order as it is today, respecting human rights,

not engaging in intellectual property theft, all these allegations that are leveled at china. so this morning secretary blinken meeting with the japanese foreign minister, south korean foreign minister, brunei's foreign minister as well, before meeting with the british secretary of state for foreign affairs, dominic raab this afternoon. that meeting, again, china on the agenda, and dominic raab had words to say about that just this weekend. >> we want a constructive relationship with china, but on things whether it's intellectual property theft or standing up for human rights in hong kong and xinjiang. obviously we're going to be clear on our values and russia as well. i think we've seen obviously with the novichok attack and the imprisonment of alexei navalny, the saber rattling on the border with ukraine and all of these areas, we want to be absolutely firm. >> reporter: other thing that will be on the agenda at the g7

is women's rights and trying to enable women's rights around the world. $15 billion being put aside for that, the aspiration to try to help 40 million girls get into education, get into sort of 12 years of education and to have 20 million girls under the age of 10 able to read. so some lofty aspirations, but really the big issue that's going to dominate the agenda is definitely china. rosemary. >> all right. we'll see what comes of it. nic robertson bringing us the latest from london. many thanks. coming up on "cnn newsroom." >> no good cops in a racist system! >> demands are growing for police to release the body cam footage in the killing of andrew brown. we will find out what his family's saying just ahead.

just hours from now, the family of andrew brown jr. will lay him to rest without many of the answers they're seeking in his death. brown was shot on april 21st as deputies were trying to execute an arrest warrant. civil rights activists are demanding transparency and accountability. >> andrew brown! >> say his name! >> on sunday, the family led a march for criminal justice reform. cnn's natasha chen has more. >> reporter: protesters marched sunday afternoon starting from here at the waterfront all the way to andrew brown's house, where he was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies on april 21st. then they moved on to the pasquotank county sheriff's office, all the while demanding transparency. at this point family members and the brown family attorney tell me that only two family members have actually seen the 20-second

footage from the body camera that was shown to them last week. at this point a judge has said that the family may see more body camera footage in the coming days, but that it should not be released to the public at this time. we talked to a cousin and an aunt of andrew brown jr., who told us how difficult this moment has been. >> i just don't understand. you know, what are they trying to accomplish? what is the purpose of having the video? what is the purpose of having taxpayers pay for body camera if they're not going to be seen? i think we're grieving, but we're doing what we have to do because of the way that things happened. we have to be here. we have to support. we have to protest. we know that we have a long road ahead. this is literally just the beginning. >> reporter: the brown family walked at the front of sunday's march. at the same time, there was a public viewing for andrew brown's body, and there will be a funeral held monday at noon at the fountain of life church.

>> reporter: reverend al sharpton is expected to speak. natasha chen, cnn, elizabeth city, north carolina. at least four people are dead after a suspected smuggling bet capsized off the coast of san diego, california. authorities say there were about 30 people onboard when the vessel crashed against a reef on sunday. most people made it to shore, but six had to be rescued from the water. nearly two dozen have been taken to the hospital. san diego lifeguard lieutenant rick romero spoke to cnn about the chaos at the site of the accident. >> i was one of the first responders on-scene, and it was a big mess along the coastline. there were people actively drowning, getting pulled out by rip currents. there were people on the base of the shoreline there. bystanders doing cpr down below.

>> u.s. customs and border patrol say they'd been beefing up patrol operations after a recent increase in maritime smuggling attempts. >> we're putting more resources out on the water to interdict vessels like this, and we announced it in advance to try to deter as much as we could, to send the message to smugglers, the ocean is inherently unsafe. the reality is crossing the border illegally is unsafe no matter the method, especially at sea. with water temperatures being what they are and as the lifeguard described, high surf, it's a very dangerous scenario, and the smugglers really just don't care about the people they're exploiting. >> authorities say the two suspected smugglers onboard will face federal charges. well, later today, israel's parliament will hold a memorial for the 45 victims killed in a stampede friday at a religious festival. new video has emerged showing desperate scenes where the

stampede happened as the crowd tried to make its way to the exit. we've also learned that six u.s. citizens were among those killed in the tragedy. and for more on this, we want to bring in journalist elliott godkin who joins us live from jerusalem. elliott, what more are you learning about what went wrong here and the likely ramifications of this tragedy? >> reporter: rosemary, you've just seen this harrowing video of people just pinned and unable to get out of this stampede, which resulted in the deaths of 45 people. you can hear the pleading and see the pain and despair on their faces as stewards and police officers tried to get them to stop pushing forwards. but it seems they were unable to avoid doing so. at the same time, we've also learned more details about the victims. at least ten of them were under the age of 18 and perhaps one of the most heartbreaking stories, two brothers, the youngest age 9 and his 14-year-old brother were among those who died.

now, later today there will be a memorial ceremony held here in jerusalem, after which there will be a debate. each member of the knesset will have the chance if they want to, to speak for up to three minutes. it will also be the first opportunity for some of the ultra orthodox lawmakers to address criticisms they faced for allegedly being involved or in some way complicit with this event that took place in the north of israel. at the same time, the leader of the opposition is likely to officially call for a state committee of inquiry. i just want to give one final thought about the backdrop here, which is of course we're still in a sensitive situation in terms of the election. prime minister netanyahu's mandate to try to form a coalition is almost done, so politicians may be inclined to either stick their necks out more to try to curry more favor with some parties or perhaps temper their responses when they have a chance to speak in order not to offend someone that they might need as a political partner.

rosemary. >> all right. elliott gotkine joining us from jerusalem with the latest on that tragedy, appreciate it. infighting and bullying within the u.s. republican party is tearing it apart at the seams. why they've suddenly turned on even high-ranking party members. that's when we return. anxiety and depression. but when i was ready for help, finding the right care was nearly impossible. luckily, he had us. as mental health p professiona, we could help him navigate the system. not t everyone has tha. that's why i started cerebral. online menental healthcare, wiwithout the high cost and wat times. with our affordable care model, you can get meds prescribed and delivered. and talk with a licensed therapist on your own time. with cerebral, everyone gets a care team. get your first month for just $30 at getcerebral.com.

well, there is a fight going on inside the u.s. republican party. supporters of former president donald trump are still quick to come back at anyone with a disparaging word about him. utah senator mitt romney is a former presidential nominee and voted twice to convict trump in

the former president's impeachment trials. he was subject to boos from his own party when he appeared at a convention. >> i don't hide the fact that i wasn't a fan of our last president's character issues. [ audience booing ] >> suzanne malveaux reports on the price to pay within the party for speaking out against the former president or for just being polite to his democratic successor. >> reporter: it is an exclusive club, but it is getting bigger. these are republicans who have defied trump, who are now being punished by their own state party. so we're talking about cassidy, murkowski, cheney, sasse, flake. the list goes on and on.

some of these who voted for impeachment conviction or even those who felt that the election, the presidential election was legitimate, actually expressing that. some of them facing censure as well from their own party. well, romney was spared censure at the utah convention, the republican convention, but certainly humiliated, faced with, as you saw, all of that booing. it got much, much worse when he talked about his own conviction, using his own mind, what he believed was the right thing to do and putting out his street cred as a republican, the 2012 presidential republican nominee, all of that making it much, much worse. now, you know, he has had problems in the past with the hard core republicans of utah, but this much, much worse, indicating something that this is a real litmus test for the party going forward. senator susan collins, republican with an independent streak herself, who was also spared censure in her own state

of maine, really expressing a great deal of dismay with the direction of the party. >> i was appalled. mitt romney is an outstanding senator who serves his state and our country well. we republicans need to remember that we are united by fundamental principles such as the belief in personal responsibility, individual freedom, opportunity, free markets, a strong national defense. those are the principles that unite us. we are not a party that is led by just one person. >> reporter: that one person that collins is referring to, of course, is trump himself. another person under fire again, the number-three house leadership position, congresswoman liz cheney also floating the idea of a potential 2024 run, saying that she felt those who did not certify the january 6th election results should be disqualified from

running, being criticized by trump allies as well as house minority leader kevin mccarthy for her outspoken views but also for the friendly fist bump that she gave president biden as he was walking down the aisle before his address to the joint session of congress. she defended the move saying it was just simply civil behavior, but there are some who feel that this is just too friendly with the administration. this is clearly a turning point, a point of inflection for the republican party. suzanne malveaux, cnn, at the capitol. >> joining me now is ryan lizza, cnn's senior political analyst and chief washington correspondent for politico. good to have you with us. >> good to be back, rosemary. >> so a cnn poll shows that lies have consequences, revealing that 70% of republicans still believe the false and baseless claim that joe biden didn't win

the 2020 election. donald trump and gop leaders keep pushing this election lie, and it's clearly working. so how is it possible that a lie of this magnitude is being accepted by the majority of the party? >> well, it's a basic fact of politics that partisans look to their most trusted political leaders on big issues. and if you have the leadership of a party on his or her own and through partisan media channels repeatedly saying something, then partisans adopt those -- those views. and it takes an enormous amount of information from people that they trust to change that.

>> and, ryan, at the same time, gop infighting is intensifying with liz cheney in danger of losing her leadership post because of what she's said about donald trump. mitt romney narrowly avoided censure, but was booed instead while speaking at a utah gop convention. cindy mccain slammed the arizona audit of votes in that state. and former president george w. bush says republicans are behaving like they want to be instinct. what's the likely future of the gop and those that did criticize trump? >> i think this argument, this debate, this -- to use the cliche, this civil war in the republican party will play out for quite a bit longer, and the trump faction has the upper hand, no doubt about it. i think romney in utah is a very important race to watch. he's up in 2024, so he's got a long way to go.

you know, cindy mccain has all but left the republican party in arizona. but a lot of this fight really is playing out in the states even more so than in washington, d.c. in congress. but the big way it's playing out in congress, of course, is this fight between cheney and mccarthy. mccarthy has sort of distanced himself from liz cheney recently. there is talk among house republicans that there could be another vote to try and expel cheney from leadership. and it's all over this same issue. it's all over fealty to donald trump. and liz cheney is not willing to change her mind about him and what he did and his responsibility for january 6th. other republicans either don't want to talk about that or defend trump outright. >> we'll be watching to see what happens. ryan lizza, many thanks as

always. >> thank you, rosemary. caitlyn jenner is facing backlash from many in the lgbtq community for her views on trans athletes. jenner is a former olympian and a transgender woman herself, and she plans to challenge california's democratic governor as a republican in the state's expected recall election. in an impromptu interview with tmz, jenner said she is against transgender girls playing girls sports. jenner later tweeted, i didn't expect to get asked this on my saturday morning coffee run, but i'm clear about where i stand. it's an issue of fairness, and we need to protect girls sports in our schools. all this comes as at least half a dozen states are trying to block trans girls and women from competing on female sports teams. well, it is the first day back to in-person learning for many in france.

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we do this, together. bounce forward, with comcast business. welcome back, everyone. well, in europe the outlook on the pandemic is optimistic with restrictions easing in many areas. the uk will look at whether people who have been exposed to the virus can take a daily covid-19 test instead of going into quarantine. meantime, italy reopened beach resorts sunday even though the weather wasn't ideal for sunbathing. and restaurants in greece are reopening after six months. customers will be served outdoors for now. jim bitterman is live outside paris. what more are you learning about

the easing of restrictions across the continent as preparations are being made for the arrival of vaccinated tourists. >> reporter: things are looking slightly better, rosemary. basically the daily case numbers are going down and the vaccination numbers are going up. and in many places like france, for example, first signs of easing of restrictions in france here today . on the 3rd of may, they are going to open up or have been opening up the middle and upper schools. the education minister and prime minister are out heralding that accomplishment today. also today the french no longer have to carry around, at least during the non-curfew hours, they no longer have to carry around this permit they've had to carry around with them at all times. and they can move from one region to the next. it's not much of an easing in the regulations, but it's something. and the big one's going to come two weeks down the line when, in fact, restaurant terraces and

bars and whatnot will open up. but that's not quite yet. meanwhile, germany, the government is looking at ways that they can come out of the lockdown there. there's going to be a cabinet meeting later in the week to discuss the kinds of things that they can do. the worry is that if they ease up too much, of course, the cases will start going up again, and they'll be watching, for instance, what happens on the 1st of may. on saturday there were demonstrations and masking regulations and distancing regulations weren't necessarily followed. there were big demonstrations in paris and in germany and in spain and elsewhere across the continent. so they'll be watching to see what happens a couple weeks down the line. and one of the things about the schools opening today they'll be watching too is what happens there because there's a rule in france that if there's one positive case, you have to close down the entire class. so if you have one class that has a positive case, you have to close down the class. they opened the primary schools last week, and in fact they had

1,000 classes that had to be shut. so some optimism but it's guarded optimism, rosemary. >> yeah, certainly baby steps there. jim bittermann joining us live from just outside of paris, many thanks. as we just heard, in france secondary students are headed back to school. they will be able to switch between in-person and remote learning, so classrooms will only be half full. but the already difficult year looks to be even worse for students who have lost a loved one to this pandemic. cnn's melissa bell reports from paris. >> reporter: it's been a year since grace and her sisters lost their father to covid-19. grace, who has asked us not to use her surname, is in her final year of high school. all she wants now is to make her father proud. one of the hardest things, she says, was having to go back to school last september burdened

not only by her grief but also by her fear. it's not even for myself that i was worried, she says, but about catching it and passing it on to a cousin or nephew. i'd have felt terrible even though it would not have been my fault. france has made keeping schools open its priority. throughout the pandemic, french school kids lost ten weeks of school according to the u.n. compared to the 47 lost by american children. >> we are really convinced that it's necessary for children to go to school not only because of the education and learning but also for interactions with the others and for psychological and else reasons. so the idea is to say that covid is a key question, but it's not the only question. >> reporter: in the end, france did close schools in april for one month amid a wider lockdown. on monday, high school kids will go back to class with more testing and tighter measures. speaking exclusively to cnn,

france's education minister says the french experiment has shown that it is possible to make schools safe. >> i believe, thanks to the different studies we have, that school is not a specific place for contamination. of course you can have contamination at school, but not specifically because at school there are rules, and those rules are respected, which is not the case in the other aspects of life. >> reporter: but some schools did suffer disproportionately. grace's school on the outskirts of paris in one of france's poorest regions saw 20 children lose a relative to covid-19 in 2020, and this year hundreds of children and staff got sick. >> well, i was really scared because if i catch the virus, i will be sick, but i won't be sick enough to go to the hospital, whereas if my parents or grandparents have the virus, i know that they could die or could go to the hospital, and it's pretty scary. >> reporter: teachers here tried to get the school closed down but to no avail.

they say that too little was done to help keep them safe. >> france may be exceptional in that they've kept the schools open at all costs. but they have not been exceptional in funding the schools so that they can do that safely. >> reporter: nationally too, france's policy has come in for much criticism. the minister accepts that it may not have been perfect, but he says that focusing on in-class learning was the right thing to do. >> the strongest critics were in may 2020 at the beginning, when a lot of people said you don't -- you should not reopen. the critics are less strong because of a kind of consensus of the society was created around the opening of school. >> reporter: and even grace, who bore such a heavy burden personally, says she has achieved her aim. thanks to her teachers, she says she expects to do well in her final exams. and when she sees how well she's doing, she says, she thinks of her father looking down and

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these manchester united football fans are furious at the american ownership of their club, chanting glazers must go in reference to the glazer family that bought the team back in 2005. this was the scene at old trafford just hours before the team was set to play liverpool in a premier league match. that match was postponed. here to discuss this is cnn world sports patrick snell. good to see you, patrick, as always. so fans furious and they want to see changes. how did this all play out? >> reporter: rosemary, these were absolutely resonating images coming in from english football's most famous names and most decorated names and most successful names. manchester united and liverpool. sunday's mass protest of the iconic old trafford stadium. the big question this monday,

when will this fixture actually get played? let's reflect on what we saw sunday. these scenes at the famous venue. fans invading the forecourt there at old trafford. this was hours before the fixture was due to take place. the protesters, as you were saying, chanting, we want glazers out. that is a reference to the club's american ownership. florida-based ownership. flares thrown. there was damage to camera equipment. two police officers injured. one according to greater manchester police after being attacked with a bottle and sustaining a significant slash wound to his face, requiring emergency hospital treatment. the two teams, rosemary, didn't even get to the ground to play. the match initially delayed. then it was postponed. 1,000 fans had gathered at the stadium. around 100 -- i want to be accurate with the reporting

because i've seen all kinds of numbers. but police say around 100 getting onto that famous pitch. another 200 meantime protesting at a lowry hotel in sulford. that's where the united team is headquartered between home games. i want you to listen now to former united player red devils legend gary neville. he was at old trafford sunday. take a listen. >> i don't think they trust the owners of this club. they don't like them. they think they should leave. i think beyond today, i think the reality of it is it should be about reform and regulation and making sure that obviously they can't do it again. that really needs to be because obviously protesting is the right of every single person in this country to do that. we must retain that element of being able to protest. however, i think beyond today now, i think it's a case of making sure that the fans across the country unite to ensure there's reform in english football. that is the most important thing. if anything today, it's got to

be a precursor to that or else it will be a waste of time today. >> reporter: we would certainly love to hear. the glazer family have an open invitation to speak to us. man united is a club saying that, look, they understand the passion of the fans, but they don't condo what ne what they s there on the pitch sunday. >> patrick snell, many thanks. appreciate it. in the near future, visitors of rome's ancient coliseum will have the chance to stand where gladiators once fought. the italian government has approved a plan to restore the arena. the 2,000-year-old structure is currently floorless. a milan engineering firm won the contract with its vision involving rotating wooden slats. the floor is expected to be finished by 2023. and thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is coming up next. you're watching cnn. have yourselves a wonderful day.

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